McCombs TODAY

Looking to bring together Austin’s entrepreneurial community and UT students, the McCombs Entrepreneur Society is hosting Start Up Meet Up, a one-day entrepreneurship conference. The conference will feature panel discussions on market validation, entrepreneurial law, digital-era marketing and start-up capital.
McCombs alumnus Brett Hurt, founder and CEO of Bazaarvoice, is the keynote speaker, and McCombs faculty members [...]

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Hot off the presses, (so to speak) it’s the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of Texas, the McCombs School magazine.
That’s Assistant Professor of Management Ethan Burris on the cover. In the story “Missing Voices,” you’ll read about his research on employee voice and learn why people are afraid to speak up at work and how bosses can [...]

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Bloomberg, July 1, 2009
Commentary by David Reilly
Markets sank last year. So too did hedge-fund performance. Markets soared in the just-finished quarter. Hedge funds notched up big wins. Now remind me why they are called hedge funds.
Bull-market geniuses may be a better moniker. For all the talk of being able to make money whether stocks rise [...]

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